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Can Lab-Grown stem cells supercharge blood recovery after transplant?
NCT ID NCT00461955
First seen Aug 07, 2026 · Last updated Aug 07, 2026
Summary
This trial tests whether stem cells grown in the lab before being returned to the body can help blood counts recover faster after a stem cell transplant for multiple myeloma. Adults aged 18 to 65 with myeloma in first response will receive their own amplified stem cells. The main goal is to see if white blood cells and platelets recover quickly without needing transfusions.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation, ex vivo amplified
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could speed up blood cell recovery after stem cell transplant, reducing infection risk and transfusion needs for myeloma patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study, so results may not apply broadly. There are risks of toxicity from the amplified cells and potential long-term blood or genetic abnormalities.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 13 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Start date
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Aug 2007
- Finished
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Aug 2009
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient between 18 and 65 years of age * Diagnosis of Multiple Myeloma, requiring a treatment, including high dose Melphalan whith autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation * Performance status: \< 2 (Karnofsky \> 70%) * Anticipated survival \> 3 month * Collection of a minimum of 10x106 cells (CD34+)/Kg of autologous G-CSF mobilised peripheral blood stem cells in 2 to 3 pheresis. * Signed and dated informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Multiple Myeloma not requiring a treatment * Another cancer in the 5 years preceding the diagnosis or evolutive psychiatric affection * Positive serology for HIV, hepatitis C or hepatitis B * Hepato cellular insufficiency * Severe renal insufficiency defined by a creatine clearance \< 30 ml/mn * Women pregnant or nursing, or effective absence of contraception * Antecedent of serious cardiac disease in the last 6 months. * Allergy known to the products derived from Escherichia Coli
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Haut-Leveque
Pessac, 33604, France
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